As a part of the broader vision for LEED V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were announced today. Well-known and respected for their role in certifying ...

January 1st quarterly addenda to the LEED rating systems and reference guides are now available. There are 71 new LEED Interpretations (10292, 10298—10367), including 65 for Homes and Multifamily ...

U.S. Green Building Council’s (USGBC) Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design (LEED) V3, the certification bodies for the LEED Green Building Rating System were recently announced. Well-known ...

Barton Group headquarters in Glen Falls, New York, which achieved a LEED Platinum rating. This is your first of three free stories this month. Become a free or sustaining member to read unlimited ...

DEFINITION: Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design-certified buildings have demonstrated energy conservation and addressed concerns for site development, water savings, energy efficiency, ...

As “green” buildings have gone from being isolated oddities of hardcore environmental activists and entered the mainstream, the need for green standards has grown. To meet that need, the U.S. Green ...

The LEED green building program started 20 years ago as a way to measure and define green building and provide a roadmap for developing sustainable buildings. The most recent update to the program — ...

ACC also is concerned about LEED credits that discourage use of products that contain certain chemicals, most of them plastics. Among these are insulation that contains foam board or spray foam; floor ...

The local office of CB Richard Ellis (CBRE) announced that the company’s local office at the Two MarketPointe building in Bloomington has received LEED (Leadership in Energy and Environmental Design) ...

The controversy over LEED has spilled over into the federal buildings sector. In late 2010, the U.S. General Services Administration—which has more than 361 million sq ft of space in 9,600 federally ...